After months of deliberation and a couple weeks of reading everything I could get in pixels, tonight's the night. It's NB's Mild Ale extract-and-grains kit. I figured on starting with a low gravity brew so my impatience doesn't win out over making drinkable beer.
It's been cool the past few days, and about 70F inside without the heat on, but it's going to warm up, so I'm ready to swamp-cool inside a Rubbermaid tote (good thing I kept those from all the times I've moved), and hopefully keep it in the mid-upper 60s (it's dry Windsor Ale yeast).
Given the low OG (1.033 per NB), I'm hoping to get it into the bottle maybe on the 18th or 19th, but we'll see. I'll do my best to RDWHA(M)B while I wait.
Just wanted to thank everybody on here for all the great info; I definitely wouldn't have taken the plunge without a community like this to turn to. The only downside is that I saw all the coolers on clearance at Wal-Mart last night and couldn't help but seeing mash tuns; I had to remind myself that I live in a small apartment.
It's been cool the past few days, and about 70F inside without the heat on, but it's going to warm up, so I'm ready to swamp-cool inside a Rubbermaid tote (good thing I kept those from all the times I've moved), and hopefully keep it in the mid-upper 60s (it's dry Windsor Ale yeast).
Given the low OG (1.033 per NB), I'm hoping to get it into the bottle maybe on the 18th or 19th, but we'll see. I'll do my best to RDWHA(M)B while I wait.
Just wanted to thank everybody on here for all the great info; I definitely wouldn't have taken the plunge without a community like this to turn to. The only downside is that I saw all the coolers on clearance at Wal-Mart last night and couldn't help but seeing mash tuns; I had to remind myself that I live in a small apartment.